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authorFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2009-08-25 11:54:15 -0400
committerFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2009-08-25 12:31:14 -0400
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PR4186 cont'd: option #2: standardize on kernel ARCH/SUBARCH throughout
* main.cxx (main): Perform equivalent sed by hand on uname()->machine. * stap.1.in: Clarify -a ARCH slightly. * tapsets.cxx (validate_module_elf): Accept "arm*"for EM_ARM. * tapset/**, testsuite/**: Removed/collapsed "i386"/"i686" branches, renamed "ppc64"->"powerpc" and "s390x"->"s390".
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@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ by
.PP
If, on the other hand, the first part is the identifier
.BR arch
-to refer to the processor architecture, then the second part
-then the second part is one of the two string comparison operators
+to refer to the processor architecture (as named by the kernel
+build system ARCH/SUBARCH), then the second part then the second
+part is one of the two string comparison operators
.BR == " or " != ,
and the third part is a string literal for matching it. This
comparison is a wildcard (mis)match.